http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/ en-US http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65207 The "Twilight" soap opera continues with a lighter, goofier and far less erotically charged sequel, "New Moon," a movie directed by a man and not a woman. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65211 Before beginning this semester as a Baylor freshman, Alex McElroy sat down to finally tell his father. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65205 Last season Baylor and Texas A&M entered the 105th Battle of the Brazos with essentially forsaken seasons, the Bears' bowl game hopes mathematically eliminated and the Aggies needing a win in Waco and an upset of No. 4 Texas the following week. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65212 As the details of the Central Texas Research Park and Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative are solidified, it is expected that the organizations will have a major economic impact on Baylor, Waco and the Central Texas community. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65210 Many cannot imagine, nor want to imagine, sharing a home with 24 cats. Likewise, it is tough to imagine one's home being demolished by the city. For Kathryn Pace, a 72-year-old McGregor woman, this is reality. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65215 Students in the Global Community Living and Learning Center held a special event at Brooks Flats Thursday night that recreated tea ceremonies from countries around the world. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65214 The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65216 "I had wanted to get a motorcycle for years and years and I just didn't think I would ever get one," said Kevin Tankersley, journalism lecturer and motorcyclist. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65209 Let's fast-forward three years, one month and one day. December 21, 2012: the date the world, including you and me, will cease to exist. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65208 As a very active college student, I don't sleep. I go to class, I go to work, I go to my respective meetings and I do homework. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I get five hours of sleep. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65206 With the release of "New Moon" comes the rise of a proverbial behemoth. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65213 Texas inmate Robert Lee Thompson was executed Thursday evening for his part in a fatal Houston store holdup after Gov. Rick Perry rejected a parole board's recommendation to spare Thompson because he wasn't the gunman. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65204 The No. 24 Baylor volleyball team will look to break a two-game losing streak as it plays host to the No. 2-ranked University of Texas in the Bears' home finale at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Ferrell Center. 2009-11-20T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65134 "It is a fact of life that people give dinner parties, and when they invite you, you have to turn around and invite them back," Laurie Colwin wrote in her bite-size masterpiece, "Home Cooking," published in 1988. "Often they retaliate by inviting you again, and you must then extend another invitation. Back and forth you go, like Ping-Pong balls, and what you end up with is called social life." 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65150 Baylor has been in the top four schools for graduation rates of student athletes since the Big 12 was created Bart Byrd, Baylor's associate athletic director for student athlete services said. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65143 For the second year in a row, the Baylor Religious Hour Choir is presenting "Cocoa, Christmas and Carols" at Christmas on Fifth Street. The choir presents Meredith Andrews, a Christian recording artist and worship leader, as headliner for the Dec. 3 performance. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65151 Law professor Mark Osler argued over the laws regarding the prosecution of cocaine charges Tuesday at Harvard University. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65142 Urban living in Waco has long been a pricey endeavor. Many downtown lofts run for up to $1,000 per month. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65144 The FDA is evaluating the legality of adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages and asked manufacturers companies Friday to provide their research and reasons for believing caffeinated alcoholic beverages are safe Friday. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65179 German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65146 With Baylor standing at four wins and Texas A&M five, Saturday's game between the Bears and the Aggies in College Station carries heavy postseason implications for both teams. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65141 While I believe Ms. Acklen raised some good points concerning the trial of the 9/11 suspects, I was disturbed that she questioned whether these men "deserve" rights. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65136 This easy Spinach Artichoke dip recipe was contributed by communications lecturer Lacy McNamee. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65152 The crew of a U.S. submarine made dozens of errors before the vessel collided with an American warship in the Persian Gulf, an accident that exposed lax leaders who tolerated sleeping, slouching and a radio room rigged with music speakers, a Navy review found. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65138 The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 2009-11-19T00:00:00-06:00